Lisustrum. Diandria monogynia. l£l 



branches ; braiiclilets compressed — Leaves opposite, with three 

 pairs ot smooth leaflets, which encrease somewhat in size, the ter- 

 minal or odd one being the largest, ovate and equal \ they vary in 

 their figure from oblong to ovate-oblong, measuring from three to 

 four inches, about one inch distant from each other, acute and more 

 or less unequal at the base, tapering into a long narro'.v serrated 

 acumen, perfectly smooth above, reticulated and nerved below. — 

 Petioles slender, grooved, opposite, terminal one an inch long. 

 ■ — Panicles terminal, showy and large, compound, smooth, loose, 

 interspersed with a few floral leaves, with opposite branches and 

 branchlets and long slender racemes consisting of innumerable short 

 pecjuncled' or sessile fascicles of white scentless flowers on capillary 

 pedicels. — Calyx truncated, four-toothed.— Pg^a/s very long, linear- 

 clavate. — Filaments capillary, almost as long as the corolla ; anthers 

 linear, erect. — Rudiment of the female organs none.— Caps«/e line- 

 ar, about an inch long, one- celled; wing scarcely two lines broad, 

 veined and marked with elevated dots, slightly retuse at the apex. 

 Seed solitary, possessing a bitterish somewhat aromatic tasie ; ia 

 other respects like Fr. ex elsior, Gcert^ Carp. i. 222. tab. 49. 



Ois. I have not seen the female flowers of this ornamental tree 

 which unquestionably comes near to F. Ornus (the Manna or 

 Flowering Ash), differing chiefly in having taper-pointed, acutely 

 serrated leaves. — >«. W. 



LIGVSTRUM. 



Corol four-cleft. Berri/ superior of two cells with two seeds in 

 each cell. 



1. L. nepalense. Wall. 



Leaves ovate, or ovate-oblong, acuminate, villous below. Pani* 

 cle terminal, villous, consisting of sub-erect crowded racemes. 



A native of the mountains of Nepala where it is called Goom- 

 gacha and grows to be a considerable tree, producing profuse clus- 

 ters of white, sweet smelling flowers from April tg June ; hernei 

 ripea in four to sis months. 



